| 释义 |
▪ I. nide, n.|naɪd|
[ad. F. nid or L. nīd-us: the older F. ni is represented by nye. Cf. nid.]
A brood or nest of pheasants. Also transf. of geese.
1679Coles Eng.-Lat. Dict., A nide of pheasants, phasianorum pullities. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Nide, a Term us'd in Falconry, for a Flock of Pheasants. 1790Loiterer No. 57 ⁋5 My Father offered to conduct him to the best Nide of Pheasants on the Manor. 1810A. Mackintosh Driffield Angler 294 Nide of pheasants, commonly called a Ni. 1834New Monthly Mag. XLII. 119 The nides of pheasants are equally plentiful and well grown. 1896Blackw. Mag. July 18 Mother Goose had brought a fine nide of eggs near to hatching on this island.
So nide v. intr., to nest. rare.
1881R. F. Burton tr. Camoens' Lusiad II. 34 Those eyne wherein Dan Cupid aye doth nide.
▪ II. nide
obs. f. need. |